SPECIAL MINERAL AUCTION - HIGH END FINE MINERAL SPECIMENS FROM OUR GALLERY - ends SATURDAY FEB 5TH, 2022

NOTE: THIS SPECIAL AUCTION ENDS ON A SATURDAY - AT 6 PM DALLAS TIME (CST) AND 5 PM TUCSON TIME 

To start the new year with a bang, we are pleased to present one of the finest sets of fine mineral specimens that we have ever offered for online auction, featuring numerous beautiful specimens from new finds and old discoveries. We've had many specimens out for cleaning during the last two years from collection purchases such as Flynn, Larson, and Obodda, and we've decided to premiere many of them HERE, ONLINE, for you! Many of these specimens are appearing here for sale for the first time ever. Look for killers released from the Larson San Diego and Burma collections; new finds from Pakistan and China; as well as old classic minerals from major collections. We also included a few choice thumbnails and miniatures from the recently purchased thumbnail collection of Shields Flynn. We are particularly honored to offer more treasures from the collection of Jack Halpern - all beautiful, all varied and rare. As we prepared this auction, it was humbling to think that so many of these minerals have been with only 1 or 2 owners for the last 40-50 years, and many of them come from collections that have been 50-60 years in the making!

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Watermelon Tourmaline
Cruzeiro Mine, Sao Jose da Safira, Minas Gerais, Brazil
5.4 x 1.5 x 1.5 cm
Winning Bid: $3,650
Baryte on Calcite (Halpern Coll.)
Elk Creek, Meade Co., South Dakota, USA
8.3 x 7.3 x 5.9 cm
Winning Bid: $2,630
Azurite on Dickite (ex New & Mann Coll.) - Illustrated
Milpillas Mine, Cuitaca, Santa Cruz Mun., Sonora, Mexico
6.6 x 3.3 x 3.1 cm
Winning Bid: $8,549
large Aquamarine with Topaz on Feldspar with Quartz
Shigar Valley, Shigar Dist., Gilgit-Baltistan, Pakistan
15.2 x 11.1 x 9.4 cm
Winning Bid: $6,716
Chalcopyrite var. Blister Copper
Tonglushan Dist., Daye Co., Huangshi, Hubei, China
12.2 x 7.1 x 5.0 cm
Winning Bid: $1,660
Elbaite (1967 pocket!) - illustrated (Gioia Coll.)
Golconda III mine, Governador Valadares, Minas Gerais, Brazil
4.9 x 3.5 x 2.0 cm
Winning Bid: $2,012
Rhodochrosite - classic finds (ex Schlichter, Flynn)
N'Chwaning II Mine, Kalahari manganese field, Northern Cape, South Africa
3.4 x 1.7 x 1.4 cm
Winning Bid: $5,850
Tourmaline with gem Lepidolite ex David Daniel Coll
Himalaya Mine, San Diego Co., California, USA
8.9 x 2.7 x 2.5 cm
Winning Bid: $3,339
Wulfenite on Cobaltoan Dolomite cast (Hefendehl Collection)
Tsumeb Mine, Tsumeb, Oshikoto Region, Namibia
13.0 x 7.4 x 5.6 cm
Winning Bid: $3,850
Aquamarine, Quartz, Cleavelandite, and Muscovite (new find)
Shengus area, Skardu Road, Gilgit Division, Pakistan
12.9 x 11.4 x 11.2 cm
Winning Bid: $10,201
Ammonite / Ammolite (Halpern Coll.)
Lethbridge, Alberta, Canada
8.1 x 5.0 x 2.2 cm
Winning Bid: $3,427
Gem Fluorite on Baryte (ex both Smale and Halpern Coll.)
Berbes, Ribadesella, Asturias, Spain
9.4 x 6.3 x 4.9 cm
Winning Bid: $1,959
Quartz with Hedenbergite inclusions
Huanggang Mines, Hexigten Banner, Inner Mongolia A.R., China
14.8 x 7.2 x 6.8 cm
Winning Bid: $5,000
Rare large Silver Nugget (10 oz) ex University of Arizona
Cobalt, Ontario, Canada
10.7 x 4.1 x 2.4 cm
Winning Bid: $1,800
Tourmaline - rare classic locality (Flynn Coll.)
Neuschwaben Farm 73, Karibib Constituency, Erongo Region, Namibia
11.7 x 1.8 x 1.5 cm
Winning Bid: $2,256
rare & complete Liddicoatite Tourmaline set of slices (Pezzotta Coll.)
Camp Robin, Fianarantsoa, Madagascar
13.4 x 4.4 x 4.0 cm
Winning Bid: $5,250
Ajoite and Hematite included in Quartz (Halpern Coll.)
Messina Mine, Musina, Limpopo, South Africa
7.4 x 5.5 x 3.8 cm
Winning Bid: $5,055
Tourmaline
Molo Village, Momeik Township, Kyaukme Dist., Shan State, Myanmar
6.0 x 5.1 x 4.6 cm
Winning Bid: $7,666
Himalaya Mine Blue Cap Tourmaline ex. Bill Larson coll.
Himalaya Mine, San Diego Co., California, USA
5.9 x 5.1 x 4.9 cm
Winning Bid: $4,702
Spodumene var. Kunzite ex Herb Obodda coll.
Mawi, Nuristan, Laghman Prov., Afghanistan
16.8 x 2.7 x 0.8 cm
Winning Bid: $4,016
Purple Fluor-Liddicoatite (unique floater crystal) ex Pezzotta
Befisiotra Mine, Tsitondroina, Ikalamavony, Haute Matsiatra, Madagascar
10.4 x 4.7 x 3.3 cm
Winning Bid: $3,350
Amazonite and Quartz var. Smoky (Halpern coll.)
Sugar Pocket, Take Five Claim, Lake George, Park Co., Colorado, USA
7.8 x 5.8 x 3.4 cm
Winning Bid: $2,150
Fluorite with phantoms (famous find)
Polish Prodigy Pocket, "C" Pit, Okorusu Mine, Otjiwarongo Dist., Namibia
13.6 x 11.3 x 4.4 cm
Winning Bid: $6,600
Smithsonite on a Calcite Cast (fluorescent) (Flynn Coll.)
Tsumeb Mine, Tsumeb, Oshikoto Region, Namibia
28.0 x 23.0 x 11.5 cm
Winning Bid: $2,550
Corundum var. Ruby (7.2 pounds!) ex Lemanski Coll.
Mysore corundum deposits, Karnataka, India
16.5 x 14.2 x 6.4 cm
Winning Bid: $5,501
Fluorite on Baryte (ex Lockhart Coll., 1973)
Minerva No. 1 Mine, Cave-In-Rock Mining Sub-District, Hardin County, Illinois, USA
16.5 x 10.8 x 8.2 cm
Winning Bid: $9,050